Schuyler Larrabee wrote: "Hmmm. Not seen on the Bachmann website, nor on Rivarossi . . ." There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your

Paul, I received your post on the STMFC Yahoogroups mailout. Good post. I'm wondering if these hoses will do for passenger cars. I'm working on an Amtrak passenger train consist and i hated the

Hmmm. Not seen on the Bachmann website, nor on Rivarossi . . . SGL

This is not a freight car, of course, but Bachmann has made an HO ATSF 2-10-4. It is not entirely correct, as they used their ATSF 4-8-4 boiler on a 2-10-4 frame (from what I've heard). John

Dave, The MP subsidiary lines continued until 1956 when the railroad came out of receivership. It took at least a couple of years thereafter for all of the cars to have the reporting marks changed.

Dave: The MP took full control of the I-GN in 1956 cars started to be repainted at that time. More problematic for the mid 1950's modeler is starting in 1949 the buzzsaw herald was changed from 25"

Mid 50s still ok for I-GN. "Route of Eagles" slogans started being added in 1949, who knows if or when they all got slogans. Can't answer capacity question. Prototype N Scale Models (TM) by George

Who currently makes an, HO ATSF 5000 Class 2-10-4 ? I got an, "Historic Rail", catalog in the mail today and on the back cover there is one shown, but no manufacturer, as they often don't list. I

I am looking to upgrade my new Atlas model for the mid 50s time period and have several ? How long did the MP subsidiaries retain their reporting marks ? Did they receive the "Route of the Eagles

Hi Folks An article by Martin Lofton, "NC&StL Box car - 36 foot steel rebuilds" (MM, July 1990), says: "The NC&StL rebuilt the 36' cars in their shops from 1939 through 1947 with most of the cars

I have a Protowest NYC AAR flatcar kit. It's very short on prototype data. I think I've found enough to finish it. But if someone happens to have the Sunshine version, Kit #s 33.11-33.18, I'd

"I am looking to upgrade my new Atlas model for the mid 50s time period and have several ? How long did the MP subsidiaries retain their reporting marks ?" The subsidiaries were merged in 1956

AL Kresse wrote: This is a subtle point. The stronger steel is no STIFFER, so making it thinner makes it prone to buckling, and that's what happened to some box cars with thinner side sheets:

I won't begin to claim any deep knowledge of Fowler cars, but I noted the list was missing Pacific Great Eastern. Their ORER listing in Jan. 1948 says:"freight cars owned are only used in switching

Garth, The C&O bought plug-in kits in the late-50s from Youngston Steel Co (blt up in southern Indiana ?) to stretch 40-ft cars into 50-ft cars (mostly P-S 1's) at their Raceland and Wyoming

Richard, My midwest reference was aimed at focusing on midwest railroads' needs. If universal across the States and Canada . . . great . . . even better. Al

cars... sure a info...) marks parent/close other 6999, 18699 Hi Frank The NEB&W web site lists the DW&P 400800-401549 series as double sheathed, built by Haskell & Barker in 1917. They were

Tony, I agree on the Lt Wt issue. They experimented with 0.075" thk HSLA steels just prior to the war and then re-upped the ga. again. HSLA (then called high tensile) steel was used in side-sheets

Frank Greene wrote: Nope to this one. Cars were still being built out of simple, plain-carbon steel. Certainly design had improved, with far smaller center sills once the ARA design became

Andy, That could be, but?I spoke directly with Keren, his wife, and she knew what I wanted--freight car air?hoses. I have been waiting for them since Anaheim. I have sent Jimmy an email asking for